BigBear.ai Secures Ask Sage With $250 Million Deal
BigBear.ai secures Ask Sage with a $250 million deal, finalising the acquisition of the fast-growing generative AI platform built for secure deployment and agentic capabilities across defense, national security and other highly regulated environments. The all-cash transaction enhances BigBear.ai’s mission-ready AI portfolio by integrating Ask Sage’s secure generative workflows with its existing decision intelligence offerings.
The acquisition follows a definitive agreement announced alongside BigBear.ai’s third-quarter 2025 financial results and represents a major strategic milestone in the company’s inorganic growth strategy, reinforcing its position in secure, production-ready artificial intelligence.
Ask Sage Platform Secure AI at Scale
Ask Sage is a generative AI platform purpose-built for highly regulated sectors, including defense and national security agencies, that supports secure AI model distribution, orchestration and agentic workflows. Prior to the acquisition closing, the platform already served more than 100,000 users across roughly 16,000 government teams and hundreds of commercial organisations, showcasing its operational scale and defense market traction.
In 2025, Ask Sage is projected to generate approximately $25 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) about six times its 2024 ARR signalling rapid growth and strong customer adoption ahead of integration with BigBear.ai’s broader platform.
Strategic Impact of the Deal
By bringing Ask Sage into its fold, BigBear.ai expands its portfolio with secure generative AI capabilities that complement existing mission services, predictive analytics and AI-powered tools for defense, intelligence and regulated markets. The combined platform enables government and enterprise customers to adopt AI with strong controls over data sovereignty, model governance and compliance.
According to BigBear.ai’s CEO Kevin McAleenan, the integrated offering aims to unify data, AI software and mission services in a single secure environment that aligns with what customers have been asking for powerful yet trusted AI that can be deployed at scale.
Why This Matters in AI and Defense Technology
The acquisition underscores a broader shift in the AI industry toward secure, mission-ready solutions capable of operating in highly regulated and sensitive environments. As government agencies and commercial organisations increasingly seek trusted AI platforms particularly for defense, intelligence and critical infrastructure, integrating generative AI with proven secure frameworks becomes a key competitive differentiator.
BigBear.ai’s move positions it to capture a larger share of this expanding market while reinforcing its commitment to driving AI from experimentation into operational use cases that meet stringent security, compliance and performance requirements.
Looking Ahead
With the Ask Sage acquisition now complete, BigBear.ai is expected to accelerate its strategic roadmap by leveraging the combined strengths of both platforms. The deal is anticipated to support continued growth across national security, defense, intelligence and other regulated commercial sectors providing customers with integrated, end-to-end AI solutions tailored for high-security operations.
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